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"Dyslexia diagnostics is a multi-million dollar business - of course I'm ruffling feathers"

Dyslexia is an unscientific term that needs to be abandoned. That's the view of Julian Elliot, P...

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12.04 29 Sep 2020


"Dyslexia diagnostics is a multi-million dollar business - of course I'm ruffling feathers"


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12.04 29 Sep 2020


Dyslexia is an unscientific term that needs to be abandoned.

That's the view of Julian Elliot, Principal of Collingwood College, Professor of Educational Psychology at Durham University and Author of “The Dyslexia Debate” who joins Newstalk Breakfast to make his argument. Rosie Bissett, CEO of the Dyslexia Association of Ireland disagrees. 

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